Holly Willoughby says she 'nearly missed out on This Morning job before Phil stepped in'

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Today she's one of the UK's most beloved - and experienced - TV presenters. But Holly Willoughby says she nearly missed out on her This Morning presenting role, after she was written off as being 'unable to interview a Prime Minister'.

And it was only thanks to pal and co-host Phillip Schofield that she landed the gig in 2009 - after he stepped in to support her application.The Dancing On Ice presenter, 40, heard chat that she wouldn't "be able to interview the Prime Minister" but soon proved them wrong in her first week being on the ITV show.

Holly spoke out about the situation on Elizabeth Day's podcast How To Fail as she began: "If it wasn’t for Phil, I wouldn’t be on This Morning now because everyone around him at the time when he.